Evansville, IN– The University of Evansville Women's Tennis Team (7-12, 0-0) will start conference play this weekend when they travel to Southern Illinois on Friday to take on the Salukis. Evansville is coming off one match in the past week when they were defeated by Western Kentucky on Friday by a score of 7-0.
 
Coach Jayson Wiseman said on the match, "Western Kentucky is a very tough team with a lot of depth; they were just better than us today.  Playing a team like WKU would have been a tough battle with all of our players healthy and on the court.  To play them short-handed was just a little too much for us today."
 
"Despite the loss I am very proud of the way our team played today, we put forth maximum effort and as a coach that is all I can ask.  We did get a nice win at #2 doubles by Katie and Kennedy as they have proven to be a very formidable pair in that 2^nd position."
 
Southern Illinois comes into the match with a record of 8-9.  The Salukis also come into the match with a home record of 4-1.  The downfall for the Salukis is the have lost their last five and six out of their last seven.  Most recently the Salukis are coming off a 4-3 loss at the hands of the Bilikens from St. Louis.
 
On April 8^th the Aces will host Indiana Wesleyan in their second to last non-conference match of the season.  They will then travel to Illinois State and Bradley to wrap up their next weekend.  Evansville will host its first conference match on April 16^th against Drake.
 

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